Reality Check Counseling

My girlfriend keeps standing me up so she can work. She has a really important job, but I get so frustrated about waiting for her all the time.

The problem is not whether or not she is busy. The problem is that she tells you she'll be there, and then she doesn't show up. The bigger problem is that you allow her to stand you up, over and over. Set a boundary. You say you are interested in a longer term relationship with this person. Is this the way you want the rest of it to look? Because how you establish boundaries in the beginning is going to be what your relationship looks like, five years from now. I picture you waiting for her to commit...and her never doing it.

Tell her how you feel when she makes a date with you but leaves you hanging. If she really is that busy, she shouldn't promise you any of her time. Stop making excuses for her, and maybe she'll stop giving them back to you.